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Date Posted: 11:47:55 08/27/07 Mon
Author: Roger
Subject: Re: A trillion miles of nothing
In reply to: Roger 's message, "Re: A trillion miles of nothing" on 11:42:46 08/27/07 Mon

>>>>>Spouse just shouted to me that he'd heard on the
>>>>>radio, "they've just discovered a trillion miles of
>>>>>nothing."
>>>>
>>>>:-)
>>>>
>>>>I'd take it over a centimetre of something.
>>>
>>>That's only about 6 light years, unless i got the
>math
>>>wrong. the distance to just beyond the nearest star.
>>
>>Apparently it's one billion light years!
>
>Actually, how many zeroes follow the 1 in a British
>trillion? In North America, there are 12, but that is
>a British billion, so whats a trillion? If it is 15,
>that would be 2380 light years, if 18, 2380000 light
>years. In Amurricun, it's only 2.38 light years.
>
>Still, the maximum figure there is not quite the
>distance to the nearest galaxy. Space is incredibly,
>mind-blowingly big, to paraphrase Douglas Adams.

And anyway, it's six billion trillion miles of nothing: <a rel=nofollow target=_blank href="http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/articles/2007/08/24/1187462479649.html">http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/articles/2007/08/24/1187462479649.html</a> . That's a lot!

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Replies:

Re: A trillion miles of nothing -- Roger (didactic), 11:50:40 08/27/07 Mon
- Re: A trillion miles of nothing -- Roger, 12:27:23 08/27/07 Mon
  - Re: A trillion miles of nothing -- Organ Morgan, 19:54:27 08/27/07 Mon